ModelEntity

// to fetch a ModelEntity from an app
var entity = insight
     .getView()
     .getApp()
     .getModelSchema()
     .getEntity('ENTITY_NAME');

// to fetch an ModelEntity from a scenario instance
var entity = scenario
     .getModelSchema()
     .getEntity('ENTITY_NAME');

Method summary

Methods

method

getAbbreviation ( ) → {string}

The abbreviation for this entity. Will fallback to alias and then name if the entity has no abbreviation or alias respectively.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	The abbreviation for this entity. Fallback to alias and name.

Example

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entity.getAbbreviation();

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method

getAlias ( ) → {string}

The alias for this entity. Will fallback to name if the entity has no alias.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	The alias for this entity. Fallback to entity name.

Example

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entity.getAlias();

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method

getElementType ( ) → {insight.enums.DataType}

The data type of the elements held in this Array or Set.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type insight.enums.DataType	the data type of the elements, or nullif the entity is not an Array or a Set

Example

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entity.getElementType();

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method

getFormat ( ) → {string}

Entity formatting string

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	formatting string

Example

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entity.getFormat();

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getIndexGroupings ( ) → {Array.<string>}

The names of the entities that can be used to group the Elements in this array.

e.g. An array indexed by Month can be grouped by Quarters.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type Array.<string>	The names of the entities that can be used to group the Elements in this array

Example

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var array = entity.getIndexGroupings();

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getIndexSets ( ) → {Array.<string>}

The names of the entities used to index the elements in this array.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type Array.<string>	The names of the entities used to index the elements in this array, or null if the entity is not an array.

Example

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var array = entity.getIndexSets();

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method

getLabelsEntity ( ) → {string}

The name of the entity that holds the labels for this entity.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	The name of the entity that holds the labels for this entity

Example

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entity.getLabelsEntity();

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method

getManagementType ( ) → {insight.enums.EntityManagementType}

Indicates whether this data is part of the input data or results.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type insight.enums.EntityManagementType	Indicates whether this data is part of the input data or results

Example

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entity.getManagementType();

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method

getName ( ) → {string}

The name of this entity.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	The name of this entity

Example

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entity.getName();

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getType ( ) → {insight.enums.DataType}

The data type of this entity.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type insight.enums.DataType	The data type of this entity

Example

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entity.getType();

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method

getViolationCostEntity ( ) → {string}

The name of the entity that contains the costs of relaxing this constraint.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	the name of the violation cost entity

Example

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entity.getViolationCostEntity();

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method

getViolationUpperBoundEntity ( ) → {string}

The name of the entity that contains the upper bounds of the violation of the relaxed constraints.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type string	the name of the violation upper bounds entity

Example

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entity.getViolationUpperBoundEntity();

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method

isAlwaysHidden ( ) → {boolean}

Indicates whether the model entity is always hidden.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type boolean	true if the model entity is always hidden, otherwise false

Example

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entity.isAlwaysHidden();

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method

isConstant ( ) → {boolean}

Indicates whether this entity's value is a constant.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type boolean	true if this entity's value is a constant, otherwise false

Example

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entity.isConstant();

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method

isDisableable ( ) → {boolean}

Indicates that this constraint entity can be disabled.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type boolean	true if this constraint can be disabled, otherwise false

Example

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entity.isDisableable();

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isHidden ( ) → {boolean}

Indicates whether the model entity is hidden.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type boolean	true if the model entity is hidden or always hidden, otherwise false

Example

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if (entity.isHidden()) {
     // do something if entity is hidden
}

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isIndexGrouping ( ) → {boolean}

Indicates whether this entity is used as an Index Grouping.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type boolean	true if this entity is used as an Index Grouping, otherwise false

Example

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if (entity.isIndexGrouping()) {
     // do something if entity is index grouping.
}

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method

isRelaxable ( ) → {boolean}

Indicates that this constraint entity can be relaxed.

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Returns:

returns table

Type	Description
type boolean	true if this constraint can be relaxed, otherwise false

Example

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if (entity.isRelaxable) {
     // do something if entity can be relaxed
}

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